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Definition of replace
transitive verb
1 : to restore to a former place or position replace cards in a file
2 : to take the place of especially as a substitute or successor
3 : to put something new in the place of replace a worn carpet
replacer
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Examples of replace in a Sentence
Will computers ever completely replace books?
Paper bags have been largely replaced by plastic bags.
She was hired to replace the previous manager.
I replaced the old rug with a new one.
They recently replaced the old phone system.
The team's manager was replaced last season.
The patient needed a transfusion to replace lost blood.
They've appointed a new minister to replace the one who just retired.
I guess it's finally time to replace the stove.
He carefully replaced the vase on the shelf.
Recent Examples of replace from the Web
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In 2014, with Mayor Tim Baldermann leading the negotiations, the village bought the four businesses at that corner — BP Amoco, Hutchins Cleaners, Pit Stop Tavern and the vacant House of Hughes — which will be replaced by at least four new ones.
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He was replaced a few years later by Ehud Barak, the former prime minister who once famously apologized to Mizrahi voters for the party's previous misdeeds.
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Invasive testing provides details vital to the computer modeling and scientifically simulated plutonium behavior that has replaced nuclear testing, said DOE consultant David Overskei.
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A concrete superstructure will replace the current steel girder design to lower the traffic noise, Sackett said of the bridge.
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An engineer had recorded Emerson warming up, and the rest of the band had to convince him not to replace his squiggles with something more precise—more impressive.
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When Fisher was fired, reportedly in part because he did not run enough triangle, he was replaced by Kurt Rambis, another triangle acolyte.
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Check out these lipsticks, watches, or, be like us, and get yourself some mixtapes, a reminder of those bygone love letters that can't be replaced with Spotify playlists.
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that millions fewer people will buy insurance if the individual mandate is repealed and replaced with a continuous coverage surcharge as the House proposed.
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First Known Use of replace
1587
Synonym Discussion of replace
REPLACE Defined for English Language Learners
replace
playDefinition of replace for English Language Learners
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: to be used instead of (something)
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: to do the job or duty of (someone)
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: to put someone or something new in the place or position of (someone or something)
REPLACE Defined for Kids
replace
playDefinition of replace for Students
replaced
;replacing
1 : to put back in a former or proper place Please replace your book on the shelf.
2 : to take the place of DVDs have replaced videotape.
3 : to put something new in the place of I'll gladly replace the broken dish.
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